Uh, hello? Hello? Um, hey, you want to know something interesting? Back in 1986, before the transition to the Toy models, an animation company-I forget what it was called-wanted to produce an animated series based on Freddy Fazbear's Pizza. They made a pilot for the show, which would've been called Fazbear and Friends, but, before it was set to be broadcasted on television Fazbear Entertainment made the switch over to the Toy models; so, the pilot never aired since it would be outdated to feature the old animatronics.
I think Fazbear Entertainment and the animation company were still open to remaking the pilot, but, the Bite of '87 and the-ahem-other incidents dashed any hopes of a TV show for Freddy and the others. FE still has the pilot, which I'll be showing to you in a sec. This copy doesn't have the opening, which was my favorite part of the pilot because of the really catchy theme song; personally, I'm not quite sure what to make of it... it's a lot like those other cartoons at the time, it's nothing special, I guess. I wonder if Chuck E. Cheese was ever made into a cartoon... I hope not.
Fazbear and Friends: A Swashbuckling Birthday
The cartoon begins in live-action, showing the viewer the Freddy Fazbear establishment in all its glory; the sun is setting, and a peaceful piano tune is playing in the background. Parents and their children, who are grinning from ear to ear, exit the building. You can barely see the Freddy, Bonnie, and Chica animatronics from inside the building waving goodbye to the families as they leave.
After a while, the building and the parking lot fade away, and is replaced with showing us the inside of the establishment, the dining area and the show stage, to be exact. Freddy, Bonnie, and Chica are in their places on top of the stage, with their microphone, guitar, and cupcake in hand. The employees are now leaving the building, and you're thinking to yourself, I bet they don't show the poor night guard who has to come in after everyone else has left!
The camera pans over to the three animatronics on the stage, displaying them front and center. All of a sudden, a line of animated sparkles sweeps across the screen, leaving everything in animated form but the animatronics. The sparkles, once they've reached the other side of the screen, go back the other way, this time covering the animatronics in some type of magical something or other that somehow turns them into cartoons? You never knew there was a machine inside that like...
As cartoons, Freddy and his pals look less like robots and more like cutesy Disney animals; although, the animation is pretty stiff, which, in this case, could be excused. The wide-eyed characters look at each other, still wearing those sickening smiles; Freddy says to Bonnie and Chica in a voice that sounds way too high for him,
"Well, guys, what should we do tonight?" Chica tries to speak, but, is interrupted by Bonnie, who eagerly roars,
"I've been working on these wicked new jams! They're totally rocking!" You take a moment to cringe, and then Chica folds her arms with an irritated expression on her face,
"Ugh! Have you guys forgotten what day it is?" she grunts.
"Friday," Freddy and Bonnie reply. Chica glares at them, tapping her foot up and down. Freddy and Bonnie just stand there for a few moments, and then, Freddy exclaims with delight,
"Oh, Chica! It's your birthday, isn't it?"
"Wow!" Bonnie adds, "I, like, totally forgot!" Chica smiles, and someone else comes into view: You almost scream as the Puppet walks over to one of the tables in the dining area carrying a wrapped box; even in animated form, the Puppet is still nightmare fuel... The characters wave to it, and Chica says to it,
"Hello, Mr. Puppet! I'm glad you didn't forget my birthday."
"How could I?" Mr. Puppet laughs with a vaguely British accent, "It's part of my job to give out presents to the little ones on their birthdays." Freddy, Bonnie, and Chica jump off the stage and join Mr. Puppet at the table. Freddy bounces over to the kitchen, calling out to the others,
"I'll get the pizza and the cake!"
"Don't forget the soda, dude!" Bonnie shouts back. The characters all laugh for some reason, and the camera begins to pan over again, and your interest in the pilot is restoring when you realize where it's going. The camera stops in front of the curtain at Pirate Cove; a hook from the other side of the curtain pulls on it, and Foxy's head peeks out and looks around, he looks in the direction of the dining area and chuckles softly.
Three more smaller heads peek out from underneath and look in the same direction. To your dismay, the three new characters look like Huey, Dewey, and Louie-Foxy Edition. One has a baseball cap on his head, one appears to be female because of the bow on her head, and one has a paper bag over his/her head that has holes in it for eyes. Foxy points his hook towards the dining area, and growls,
"Rwowr... how could those landlubbers ignore me, Foxy, who's every bit as important as the rest of them?" The mini-me with the baseball cap points out,
"You're pretty mean to them, Uncle Foxy." Foxy glares at him, and then he grins slyly,
"Proxy, Moxie, Boxy..." he says to them, "I think it's high time we give Chica a nice present for her birthday!"
"But, Uncle Foxy!" the female mini-me, named Moxie, gasps, "Have you forgotten? We're not invited!"
"Well, we'll just invite ourselves..." Foxy replies, "I've got me a plan, so, listen closely..." His nephews and niece lean in towards him as Foxy whispers inaudibly to them, and the screen fades to black.
-DRAMATIC FADE OUT-
